EVENT DESCRIPTION
The 2025 World Rowing Cup will take place 13 – 15 June in Varese, Italy.
The World Rowing Cups are an annual series of regattas that act as a lead-up to the World Rowing Championships. World Rowing Cups are held over three days with a progression system from heats through to finals. Racing at the World Rowing Cup includes the 12 Olympic boat classes and a selection of International boat classes. Para Rowing is contested at some World Cups. Each Olympic boat class earns points based on the finishing order. The highest placing boat from a country is awarded the following points:
1st = 8 points, 2nd = 6 points, 3rd = 5 points, 4th = 4 points, 5th = 3 points, 6th = 2 points, 7th = 1 point
EVENTS OFFERED
World Rowing Cup Boat Classes
Men (M): 1x, 2x, 2-, 4x, 4-, 8+
Women (W): 1x, 2x, 2-, 4x, 4-, 8+
International Boat Classes
Lightweight Men (LM): 1x, 2x
Lightweight Women (LW): 1x, 2x
Para-Rowing: PR1 M1x, PR1 W1x, PR2 Mix2x, PR3 Mix2x, PR3 Mix 4+, PR2 M1x, PR2 W1x, PR3 W2-, PR3 M2-
Test race: Mix8+
EVENT DOCUMENTS
2025 World Rowing Cup Varese – Programme V3
2025 World Rowing Cup Varese Seeding
BROADCASTING
LIVE video streaming will be available on the World Rowing website on 14 June and 15 June for all A-Finals. The video streaming will start 5 minutes before the first race. The 2025 World Rowing Cup Varese will also be broadcasted, among others, by the following European broadcasters: HRT (Croatia), CT (Czechia), ARD (Germany), RAI (Italy), TVP (Poland), TVE (Spain), SRG-SSR (Switzerland) and UA: PBC (Ukraine). Please check programming schedule of your preferred broadcaster for more information.
ENTRIES AND ACCREDITATION
The entry deadline for the 2025 World Rowing Cup – Varese is:
Monday, 2 June
Entries and accreditation must be made online through: https://www.worldrowing.swisstiming.com/
For any questions regarding the entry and accreditation process, please contact registration@worldrowing.com.
For any questions regarding media accreditation, please refer to World Rowing’s Media Centre.
ELIGIBILITY
World Rowing Cup regattas shall be open to all competitors who are authorised to compete by their member federation and who are eligible under the relevant rules. To represent a Member Federation in a World Rowing Cup regatta, a rower must be a citizen of that country or a bona fide member of the rowing club for which they compete in that country. In World Rowing Cup events at World Rowing Cup regattas, rowers shall compete under the name of their Member Federation that shall alone be entitled to enter them.
Each Member Federation may enter a maximum of two crews in each event of the 2025 World Rowing Cup regattas.
ABOUT THE VENUE
Varese is located in the Northern part of Italy, 55km north of Milan. The town lies at the foot of the Campo dei Fiori mountain range overlooking Lake Varese. It has a population of approximately 80 000. Lake Varese is 8.8km long and 4.5km wide. Varese has hosted the Coupe de la Jeunesse in 2007, the 2012 and 2021 European Rowing Championships, the 2013 World Rowing Masters Regatta, the 2014 World Rowing Under 23 Championships, the 2022 combined World Rowing U19 & U23 Championships and World Rowing Cups in 2015, 2016, 2023 and 2024.
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